Baird — #9035 US boys' name
471 babies named Baird in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to boys today.
17% of everyone ever named Baird was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Baird in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Baird
The Social Security Administration has registered 471 babies named Baird between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Baird currently holds the #9035 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Baird performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Baird shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Baird in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 471 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Baird at a glance
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Current rank
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Baird popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (1957)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #9035 among boys.
471 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 17 births in a single year.
Baird by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 79 births that decade — 17% of Baird's all-time total
Baird decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Baird's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.